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Morris Hills (80°23′S 27°27′W / 80.383°S 27.45°W) is a scattered group of hills 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Petersen Peak, in the La Grange Nunataks of north-central Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE; photographed in 1967 by U.S. Navy (trimetrogon aerial photography). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Leslie F. Morris, member of the Royal Society IGY Expedition at Brunt Ice Shelf, who in 1957 spent several weeks helping with the final preparations for the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition transpolar journey.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Morris Hills" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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